Hinge for window screens



R. FOCARACCI HINGE FOR WINDOW SCREENS May 10, 1932 Filed Oct. 25, 19502. Sheets-Sheet Baa/"deaf MayIO, 1932. R. FocARAccl HINGE FOR WINDOWSCREENS 2 sheeis-sheet 2 Filed Oct. 25, 1930 gwue'ntoz R I [Zea/"a 00710} I I I v I l 1 v Patented May 10, 19327 RALPH rocARAcor, or'ivrIAMi",FLORIDA HINGE FOR WINDOW Application filed October 25, 19 30. SerialNo.491,302. I i

' plied, and has for one of its objects to provide a hinge of thischaracter which shall be adapted to permit a screen of this type to behung with its top rail close to the head and its stiles close to thesides of a window frame.

The invention has for a further object to provide a hinge of thecharacter stated which shall be adapted to be securedto a side of aWindow frame by a single element functioning as its pivot and whichshall be adapted to be secured to a stile of a screen without the aid ofnails, screws or the like. i

The invention has for a further object to provide a hinge of thecharacter stated which shall be adapted to permit a screen to be readilyengaged therewith afterit has been secured to a window frame and whichshall be adapted to permit the screen to be readily disengaged therefromwithout disconnecting it from the window frame.

The invention has fora further object to provide a hinge of thecharacter stated which shall be neat and highly attractive and whichshall be simple and capable of being manufactured and sold at acomparatively low cost.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfullydescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation illustrating the manner in which ascreen is adapted to be hung in a window frame by hinges constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on a vertical plane indicated by theline 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the horizontal plane indicated bythe line 3+3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 with the screen occupying anoutwardly extended 7 their frontand rear walls 9; contacting withposition with respect to the Window frame. Figure 5is-1a plan View. ofthe blankfrom which'the hinge is formedyand Figure 6 is aperspectiveview ofIa -fragmentary upper end portion of thescreeniReferring in detail to the drawings, 1 designates the upper portion ofatwindowrf'rame, Qthe upper portion of a screenequal in width and lengthto the frame, and 3 thehinges by which thescreen is hung in the frame.

The hingesB arelocated between thesides 4 of the frame 1 and the'stiles'5 of;the screen 2, and are pivoted at their upper ends, asat 6,to the sides 4. The hinges 3 extend down wardly] from J their pivots 6which :may consist ofnails', screws or the like. Thehinges 3 areofchannel formation, and are open at, their upper andclosed attheirlowier ends. Ears 7 extending upwardly from the outer or sidewalls8fof thejhin'gesB, areprovided for the reception of the ,pivots6.Thehinges 3 receive the outer edge portions. of the stiles 5, theirjsidewalls 8 contacting ,with the; outer edges of, the stiles,

the frontand rear faces of the stiles, and their end walls 10constitutes lugs fittingin notches 11 formed in the stiles The wallslQeXtend upwardly and inwardly from the 1 side walls .8, and thenotches. 11 extend upwardly and inwardly from the outer edges ofthestiles 15 so that the engagement between;v the; walls 10 and notches 11will be such as to hold the hinges "3 against outward movements. fromthe screen, 2, especially when thescreen has swung outwardlyfrom theframe 1. To insure thefree movement of-the hinges 3 on the pivots ,6washers, 12; are. mounted upon the pivots between the ears 7 andframe-sides i and washers 13 are mountedupon thepivots between theheads. thereof and the ears. Each of the hinges 3 isiadapted to bestruck up from a single blank of sheet metal of suijti V able gage,theblankjbeing shown in Figure 5 and designated 14. In forming the hingefrom the blank 14, the latter is bent along the dotted lines 15 and 16to provide the hinge walls 8, 9*and10; The walls 9 are provided withextensions or tongues 17 which" are folded against the lower side of thewall K screen 2 maybe positione 10 so as to hold such wall againstdownward deflection by the weight of the screen 2. The blank 14 isprovided at one end with an apertured extension which forms the ear 7.

In practice, the hinges ,3 are pivotally secured to the sides 4 of thewindow frame 1 throughthe medium of the elements 6, the screen 2 is thenprovided with the notches 11, and thereafter the screen is engaged withthe hinges. By swinging the hinges 3 outward= 1y from the window frame 1and deflecting them laterally, as suggested by dotted lines in Figure4:, the upper end dportion of the between the hinges. After this hasbeen done, the hinges 3 are moved into engagement with the screen 2,-and thereafter the screen is swung into the window frame 1. The hinges'3occupy but little space between the window frame 1 and screen 2, and theupper edge portions of the stiles 5 of the screen maybe cut away tofacilitate the application of the screen to the hinges; While the hinges3 are engaged with the screen 2 in a manner to prevent the screen I frombecoming accidentally detached therefrom while within the frame 1 andwhile in angular position with respect to the frame, the hinges may bereadily disengaged from the screen when it is desired to remove thelatter, and this may be done by first swinging the screen outwardly fromthe window frame 1, and then deflecting the hinges into the signature.

dotted line position in which they are shown in Figure '4.

While I have the invention, together with the structure which I nowconsider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood thatthe structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may bemade, when desired, as fall;within the scope of the inven-' tion asclaimed. 7

What is claimed is Y A hinge for connecting a movable frame to a fixedframe,- comprising a channel member adapted to receive a stile of themovable frame and adapted to have the upper end of its side wall pivotedto the fixed frame, a lug extending upwardly and inwardly from thelowerend of said wall and adapted't'o be embedded in said stile tosecure said member to and hold it against lateral displacementf'rom thestile, and'extensions carried by the lower ends of the front and rearwalls of said memher and underlying and contacting with said lug andadapted to be embedded in said stile. Intestimony whereof I hereuntoafiix my RALPH FOCARACOI.

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